Synonyms for demoralizing
de·mor·al·iz·ing

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1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiritingadjective

   destructive of morale and self-reliance

   Synonyms:
   dispiriting, disheartening, demoralising

   Antonyms:
   encouraging

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1. List of paraphrases for "demoralizing":

   demoralising, depressing

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1. Edmund Wilson:

   There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

2. Christopher Smith/Invision/AP:

   Here I am achieving this out-of-control life, and I can't do the one thing I'm biologically put on this earth to do. Then I have to go onstage and be this sex symbol of femininity and empowerment? It is demoralizing.

3. Jane Dueker:

   They’re understaffed, underpaid, so when they have the ability to bring a case to the prosecutor’s office, to not have it prosecuted is demoralizing, because they know that nine times out of 10 they’re gonna run into this person again.

4. Elizabeth Bruch:

   That might feel a little demoralizing, but there is a very optimistic take home message, if you're willing to put in the effort and you're comfortable with your low reply rate, you certainly can pursue and date people who are out of your league.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture, and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.